Packing Heat

Posted:
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:00 am

Chuck Shepherd

As if 9/11 and the resultant air travel restrictions had never happened, travelers for some reason continue to keep Transportation Security Administration agents busy at passengers’ carry-on bag searches. From a TSA weekly summary of confiscations in January: 33 handguns, eight stun guns and a serrated wire garrote. Among 2012's highlights: a live 40mm grenade, a live blasting cap, “seal bombs” and six pounds of black power, with detonation cords and timing fuse.